This Anthro Life

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This Anthro Life is the premiere go-to Anthropology Podcast that fuses human insights with cultural storytelling. We equip you with a deep understanding of the human experience to revolutionize your decision-making strategies and social impact. Head over to https://www.thisanthrolife.org to learn more. Spearheaded by acclaimed Anthropologist Dr. Adam Gamwell, This Anthro Life equips leaders, individuals, and organizations to shape a more compassionate future. We aim to broaden perspectives and fortify decision-making skills by fostering a profound understanding of culture coupled with the transformative power of storytelling. With curated conversations and thought-provoking discussions featuring humanity's top makers and minds, prepare to have your perspective transformed. This Anthro Life delves into various facets of human society—from examining the complexities of cultural identity to understanding the influence of technology on our everyday lives.

🌍 Change Your Perspective
Explore the complexities of life in a simple and engaging way. From AI and robotics revolutionizing the nature of work to emojis changing how we communicate, we delve into the forces shaping our world. No topic is off-limits—fossil fuels and their impact on our planet, the race to find alternative energy solutions, and so much more.

🎙️ Captivating Conversations
Go beyond surface-level discussions with deep dives into fascinating topics. Dr. Adam Gamwell's interviews are thought-provoking, enlightening, and always entertaining. Carefully crafted questions ensure engaging conversations that are free from jargon, making them accessible to listeners of all backgrounds.

✨ Key Takeaways
Gain valuable insights from each episode that you can apply to your own life. Discussing wisdom gained from the edges of society, we extract impactful quotes and actionable ideas from our guests. Expand your horizons and develop a fresh perspective on the challenges we face as individuals and as a global community.

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Beyond offering an engaging outlook on human experiences, This Anthro Life lends its anthropological expertise to businesses, organizations, and individuals. We help them navigate challenges with effective communication techniques and innovative problem-solving strategies rooted in a nuanced understanding of human behavior and social structures. Get in touch.

Join us on this captivating voyage of storytelling at the crossroads of culture, design, technology and business. We're excited to collaborate with you in shaping a more compassionate world through an enriched narrative of the human experience. Experience breakthrough perspectives on human experiences and come away equipped to make enriched decisions that contribute positively to your sphere. Join us as we shape a more connected, hopeful narrative - one human story at a time.

Episode Date
Reimagining Creativity and Management in a Remote Work Era
May 01, 2024
The Power and Manipulation Behind Free Platforms and Search Engines
Apr 24, 2024
Polyamory, Fidelity, and the Transforming Landscape of Sexual Norms With Leanne Wolfe
Apr 17, 2024
Disrupting Venture Capital and Government for Global Good
Apr 10, 2024
Reimagining Career Trajectories: Insights from Anthropology, UX, and the Written Word
Apr 03, 2024
The Anthro Poet: How Adrie Kusserow Weaves Stories with Science
Mar 27, 2024
The Ethics of Influence and Conversation with Michael Reddington
Mar 20, 2024
An Anthropologist's Perspective on Nonviolent Communication Through Art of Listening
Mar 14, 2024
Investigating Superorganisms and The Collective Intelligence of Humans
Mar 07, 2024
Turning Wounds into Wisdom: The Power of Storytelling with Sussi Mattsson
Feb 28, 2024
The Impact of Community-Centered Preservation on Micronesian Culture
Feb 22, 2024
The Fight To Save Cultural Memory With Charles Henry
Feb 16, 2024
Is Tech the Future of Funeral Services?
Feb 09, 2024
Black Grief, White Grievance: Power, Loss, and Political Mobilization in America
Jan 31, 2024
How Ethnographic Research is Shaping the Future of Insight in Business and Technology
Jan 25, 2024
From Taboo to Understanding: Carol Queen's Advocacy for Sex-Positive Mindset
Jan 17, 2024
Redefining Accessibility, Inclusion, and Human Rights with Victor Pineda
Jan 11, 2024
From Chaos to Clarity: How to Challenge Misinformation with James Mawhinney
Jan 04, 2024
The Path to Long-term Happiness: A New Theory on Mental Health and Neurodiversity
Dec 27, 2023
The Search for Dignity and Respect: An Exploration of Human Universals
Dec 20, 2023
The Trillion Dollar Plan to Transform Waste: Dan Nienhauser’s Vision for a Cleaner Future
Dec 13, 2023
How to Ensure Human Autonomy in the Age of Algorithms and AI with Brian Evergreen
Dec 06, 2023
Everyday War: How Small Intimate Moments Shape Wartime Realities in Ukraine with Greta Uehling
Nov 29, 2023
The Future is Speaking: Unveiling the Power of Voice Technology with Tobias Dengel
Nov 22, 2023
The Power of Collective Identity: Brad Deutser on Building Human-Centered Organizations
Nov 15, 2023
Interstellar Dreams vs. Earthly Realities: Rethinking Space Exploration With Savannah Mandel
Nov 08, 2023
Wisdom from the Edge: Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times With Paul Stoller
Nov 01, 2023
From Automation to Revolution: Exploring the Future of Conversational AI
Oct 25, 2023
Navigating Uncertainty: Lessons from the Frontlines of COVID-19 Testing
Oct 18, 2023
Navigating the Labyrinth of Perception: Wisdom, Language, and Post-Trauma Growth
Oct 10, 2023
Understanding Tribal Signals: A Conversation with an Evolutionary Anthropologist
Sep 27, 2023
Bridging the Gap: Bringing Science to the Public Imagination
Sep 21, 2023
Building Regenerative Experiences: How Cognitive Data can Revolutionize Design
Sep 07, 2023
Exploring Pedagogy and Teaching for a Post-Racist Imagination
Aug 11, 2023
Anthropology Meets Journalism: How Two Fields Can Save Each Other
Aug 01, 2023
Entrepreneurship and Ethics in the Age of AI with Ahmed Reza
Jun 23, 2023
Developing Responsible AI with David Gray Widder and Dawn Nafus
Jun 02, 2023
This Anthro Life 2023 trailer
May 26, 2023
How Disability Teaches Us to Change the World with Brooke Ellison
May 16, 2023
The Complex Roots of Patriarchy with Angela Saini
May 02, 2023
Embodied Robotics and the Future of Humanity with Lora Koycheva
Apr 19, 2023
On Finding Awe and Being a Human in the Cosmos with Sasha Sagan
Apr 05, 2023
Designing Resilience - Behavioral Science Meets Humanitarian Action with Britt Titus
Mar 21, 2023
Creating Anthropologists on the Public Stage with Elizabeth Briody & Phil Surles
Mar 07, 2023
How to Keep Brands Human in the 21st Century - with Matt Johnson
Feb 04, 2023
Why the World Needs Tricksters with Shepherd Siegel
Jan 13, 2023
Designing the Future of Global, Remote Work with Fredrik Thomassen
Dec 08, 2022
How Tech can Democratize Scientific Knowledge with Eric Olson
Nov 03, 2022
How Humans Learned to See the Future with Byron Reese
Oct 26, 2022
Growing Roots as a National Cultural Anthropologist with Ashley Meredith
Jul 26, 2022
The Fight to Save Cultural Memory with Charles Henry
May 11, 2022
On Being Heard and Learning to Listen with Nethra Samarawickrema
Mar 23, 2022
Bitcoin and the Cryptocurrency Revolution with Mick Morucci
Mar 10, 2022
Deep Storytelling: Bicultural History and Fiction with Andrew Rowen
Jan 18, 2022
Build Better Worlds: Anthropology for Game Design, Film and Writing
Dec 15, 2021
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness with Charles Foster
Dec 02, 2021
Podcasting and the Other Side of Storytelling - Reflecting on TAL's 8th Birthday
Nov 15, 2021
Learning Forensics, Applying Anthropology with Gabriella Campbell
Nov 09, 2021
Don't Sell Yourself Short: How to Create a Career Plan
Sep 17, 2021
Transforming Market Research with Qualitative Consciousness in post-liberalization India w/ Dr. Meena Kaushik and Madhuri Karak
Jul 16, 2021
From Art School to Industry: Passion, Ethics, and Business Impact with Phil Surles
Jun 16, 2021
So tell me about yourself: Storytelling and the Science of Love with Helen Fisher
Jun 04, 2021
Dead People Tell Tales: Segregated Cemeteries in Richmond Virginia w Dr. Ryan Smith
May 14, 2021
The surprising truths wild horses teach us about the power of ritual, social durability, and surviving the Anthropocene with John Hartigan J
May 05, 2021
The Ghost in the Machine is Not Who You Think: Human Labor and the Paradox of Automation with Mary L Gray
Apr 08, 2021
Becoming a Business Anthropologist and Mastering the Tools of the Trade w/ Oscar Barrera
Mar 05, 2021
They're not Binging TV, they're Feasting: Rethinking Media, Honor and American Culture with Grant McCracken
Feb 04, 2021
How to Manage Social Conflict, Communicate Effectively and Find Common Ground with Jeremy Pollack
Jan 19, 2021
The Hidden World of Sh*t (a farewell to 2020)
Jan 01, 2021
More than a Game: Sports, Race, and Masculinity in Diaspora w/ Vyjayanthi Vadrevu and Stanley Thangaraj
Nov 26, 2020
Life in the Age of Social Media and Smartphones with Daniel Miller and Georgiana Murariu
Nov 11, 2020
Getting Down to Business and Making a Career with Anthropology: Guest Podcast w Adam Gamwell on Anthro Perspectives
Oct 23, 2020
Death Work: The Life and Culture of Forensics with Lilly White
Sep 30, 2020
How to Study Meaning at Scale: AI and Big Data Ethnography, Microcultures and the Future of Innovation w/ Ujwal Arkalgud
Aug 18, 2020
Cyberpsychology: How Life Online Shapes our Minds and What We Can Do About It w Julie Ancis
Jul 17, 2020
A Neuroscientist and Marketer walk into a bar: Neuromarketing and the hidden ways marketing reshapes our brains with Matt Johnson and Prince
Jun 28, 2020
The Connected Cup: Coffee, Tea, Happiness and Visual Storytelling Around the Globe with Documentarian Brooke Bierhaus
Jun 05, 2020
Beyond the Prototype: Navigating that Fuzzy Area between Ideas and Outcomes with Douglas Ferguson
May 06, 2020
How Do You Make a 2.4 Billion Dollar Observatory Disappear?
Mar 29, 2020
A Virus Without Borders: The Design of Public Health, Inequality, and Hope
Mar 21, 2020
The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity w/ Byron Reese
Mar 13, 2020
Will We Find God with this Machine? Introducing Starstruck
Feb 13, 2020
Brands and the Business of Relationships with Bill Fleming
Jan 13, 2020
Happiness and the Good Life According to the Aztecs w/ Dr. Ryan Collins
Jan 01, 2020
Robots, Science Fiction, and the Anthropological Imagination: a Guest Podcast TAL's Adam Gamwell on Trending in Education
Dec 16, 2019
Why More Security Never Feels Like Enough, by Astrid Countee: Storyslamming Anthropology Series #3
Nov 18, 2019
100 Years of Beauty and the Beast of YouTube with Chris Chan
Oct 23, 2019
Design Research is Anthropology Applied with Amy Santee
Sep 27, 2019
Backpacks and Toe tags: Life and Death on the US-Mexico Border w/ Jason de León
Aug 28, 2019
Where Qualitative Meets Quantitative Data w/ Delve co-founders LaiYee Ho and Alex Limpaecher
Aug 14, 2019
GUEST PODCAST: AnthroDish 49: Exploring Quinoa Production through Design Anthropology with Dr. Adam Gamwell
Jul 22, 2019
The Surprising Connections between Climate Finance, Sacrifice and the Spirit of Capitalism
Jul 09, 2019
Fear and Loathing in Truth or Consequences, performed by Taylor Genovese: Storyslamming Anthropology Series #2
Jun 24, 2019
EPIC 2019: Agency in the Digital Age with Julia Haines and Lisa diCarlo
May 21, 2019
How to Think like an Ethnographer with Jay Hasbrouck
May 14, 2019
Don't Yuck My Yum w/ Julie Lesnik (Edible Insects, pt 3)
May 06, 2019
A Bugless Life w/ Julie Lesnik (Edible Insects, pt 2)
Apr 28, 2019
Why Don't You Eat Bugs?
Mar 28, 2019
The Social Life of Robots, pt 2: Sex and Temperament in Three Cyborg Societies
Feb 28, 2019
Heritage Survival Across Borders: Identity, Language and Migration
Feb 21, 2019
The Social Life of Robots, pt 1: Spoiler Alert
Feb 06, 2019
The Craft of Curation
Jan 09, 2019
Switched on Pop
Dec 20, 2018
Weaving Social Fabric: The Craft of African Fashion
Dec 10, 2018
Sharing Sonic Space: Music as Home, Soul and Connector
Nov 09, 2018
Art is a Movement
Oct 09, 2018
EPIC Evidence with Dawn Nafus and Tye Rattenbury
Sep 19, 2018
The Awe is Shared: Evolution and Public Science with Andrea Eller - This Anthro Life
Aug 17, 2018
Its Only an Evil Cactus if Donkeys Chase You: Ethics and Psychedelics with Hamilton Morris - This Anthro Life
Jul 23, 2018
Tech Ethnography, Data and Social Justice w/ Dr. Tricia Wang
Jul 10, 2018
EPIC Innovation w/ Dr. Alexandra Mack - This Anthro Life
Jun 01, 2018
Consulting Podcasters: Prototyping a Democratic Tool for Multiple Voices, Storytelling and Solution Finding
Apr 30, 2018
Marching for Science w/Valorie Aquino
Apr 11, 2018
Brave Community: Teaching Race in the American Classroom w/ Janine de Novais
Feb 14, 2018
#MeToo: Stories in the Age of Survivorship by Emma Backe: Story Slamming Anthropology #1
Feb 09, 2018
Carving a Niche between Software and Social Science: Anthropology in Industry w/ Natalie Hanson
Jan 31, 2018
Diversity + Inclusion in Higher Education, part 1
Jan 15, 2018
Encounters Unforeseen: A Bicultural Retelling of 1492 with Andrew Rowen
Dec 13, 2017
Coming to Our Senses
Nov 27, 2017
Are Emojis and Hieroglyphs Universal Language?
Oct 26, 2017
The Yin and Yang of Design Anthropology with Dr. Elizabeth Dori Tunstall
Oct 11, 2017
Fall for This Anthro Life: Back in Action, New Content, and our Patreon Campaign
Sep 27, 2017
The Happiness Fetish Revisited
Jul 24, 2017
Conversations and Podcasting as Social Technology
Jul 14, 2017
The Stories Bones Tell w/ Kristina Killgrove
Jun 28, 2017
Anthropology + Science Journalism = A New Genre? w/ Daniel Salas of SAPIENS
Jun 21, 2017
Anthropology has Always been Out There w/ Ed Liebow and Leslie Walker of the AAA
Jun 14, 2017
Writing “in my Culture” w/ Zoe Wool and Alex Golub of Savage Minds
Jun 07, 2017
Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 2
Jun 02, 2017
Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 1
May 31, 2017
On the Craft of Writing w/ Dr. Anita Hannig
May 17, 2017
Free Think 6 – Who Are the 13,000?
May 12, 2017
Dating your Ancestors is Complicated: The Strange Case of Homo Naledi
Apr 26, 2017
Culinary Catalysts and Scientific Shifts: Peruvian Quinoa in the Age of Genetics and Gastronomy
Apr 19, 2017
FreeThink 5: Finding Balance in the Midst of Burnout
Apr 12, 2017
The Power of Vulnerability Revisited
Mar 22, 2017
FreeThink #4: On Art, Creativity, and Bringing Awe back to Anthropology
Mar 15, 2017
Investigating the Untethered Journey between Psychedelic Science, Medicine, and Drug Scheduling with Hamilton Morris
Feb 15, 2017
Waiting w/ Serra Hakyemez
Feb 08, 2017
D+A #2: What Makes a Protest Successful and How do I get involved?
Feb 06, 2017
Protesting the Powers that Be and Being the Power that Protests w/ Jara Connell
Feb 01, 2017
D+A Minisode 1: How to Deal with Change w/ Dr. Andi Simon
Jan 30, 2017
When your Business Stalls, it’s time to Evolve: Unpacking Corporate Anthropology with Dr. Andi Simon
Jan 25, 2017
FreeThink 3: PRX Podcast Garage Meetups, Building Bridges, and Expanding the Podcast
Dec 05, 2016
Don’t Panic! The Neuroscience behind falling into Balance w/ Vivek Pandey Vimal
Nov 23, 2016
On Kindness and What the World Needs Now w/ Hannah Brencher
Nov 17, 2016
Multi-species and non-Human Centered Anthropology: Conversations Revisited
Nov 02, 2016
Myths of American Democracy: Contradictions, Troubling Numbers, and Searching for Sense in the System
Oct 20, 2016
FreeThink #2 – Moving Beyond the Mic: On Collaborations and Working Across Disciplines
Oct 19, 2016
Beer Revisited
Oct 13, 2016
FreeThink #1: TaL Back in the Studio! What’s Next??
Oct 10, 2016
Is Corporate Anthropology Selling Out? A Conversation on Consulting with Vyjayanthi Vadrevu
Jul 19, 2016
Making Sense of Finance: Boundaries, Institutions, and Power with Caitlin Zaloom
Jun 12, 2016
Guest Podcast: Food Futures: Playing our Way to Conservation? Experimental Economics in the Andean Countryside
May 25, 2016
Stewardship and Heritage: Bringing Archaeology to the Public with Emily Jane Murry
May 24, 2016
Faded Paint and Yellowed Photos: On, Image, Inspiration, and Memory with Javier Urcid
Mar 28, 2016
A Business for the Future? Redefining Value, Quinoa and the Quest of Pachakuti Foods w/ Alexander Wankel
Mar 23, 2016
Exploring Boundaries: From Access to Female Sexworkers to the Question of Research
Mar 18, 2016
Mate: The Drink Beyond a Drink w/ Guilherme Heiden
Mar 07, 2016
Anthropology without Borders? Bringing the Study of People to the People 5
Feb 08, 2016
History, Power, and a Mapuche Bible: A Shaman’s Story with Ana Mariella Bacigalupo
Jan 11, 2016
The Thrill of Discovery
Nov 12, 2015
Return of the Ethnographers: Life After Fieldwork
Oct 06, 2015
Back from the Field: Syncing into Holly Walter’s Research Part 2
Sep 29, 2015
Applying, Designing, and Bringing Anthropology to the Public
Sep 18, 2015
Syncretism in the Land of Sacred Stones w/ Holly Walters
Apr 25, 2015
Unearthing the Past: Interview w/ Ryan Collins
Apr 09, 2015
Human Endurance w/ Ben Gebo
Mar 27, 2015
Buried in Snow! Thinking about landscapes as they change
Mar 03, 2015
The World According to Quinoa w/ Adam Gamwell
Jan 24, 2015
How Humans Cope
Jan 24, 2015
Genderless Gingerbread Figures and the Custom of Costumes
Jan 24, 2015
Ebola: The Passion and the Politics (Virology pt 2)
Dec 01, 2014
Ecologies of Happiness
Nov 18, 2014
iPhone, Therefore I am.
Oct 06, 2014
Police Militarization, Race, Trust, Violence and Ferguson, MO
Sep 29, 2014
Humans as a Playful Species w/ Michael D’Angelo, Host of Old School Game Show
Sep 24, 2014
The Burning Man Experience w/ Ben Gebo Part 2!
Sep 18, 2014
The Burning Man Experience w/ Ben Gebo
Sep 07, 2014
Ebola and Virology
Aug 18, 2014
Long Haul: The Lives of China’s Truckers w/ Rachel Katz
Aug 05, 2014
Urban Cycling
Jul 30, 2014
Access Denied: Protests, Urban Green Spaces, and Changing Transportation
Jul 23, 2014
Lost in Space: From the Universe to the Space Between Atoms
Jul 18, 2014
Stress Test w/ Luke Hanlin
Jul 10, 2014
Reproducing Rights and Wrongs: Personhood, Religious and Reproductive Freedoms, Gender, and SCOTUS
Jul 02, 2014
The Beautiful Game: World Cup 2014
Jun 24, 2014
The Power of Vulnerability
Jun 11, 2014
Up in the Cloud: Computing in the 21st Century (so far)
Jun 04, 2014
A House to Make a Home? w/ Mengqi Wang
May 29, 2014
Let There Be Light!
May 21, 2014
Special Conversation: Reflections on Anthropology: Why do we do what we do?
May 20, 2014
Environmental Anthropology, pt 1. Nature, Culture, Power
May 08, 2014
The Politics of Difference and Relatedness
Apr 28, 2014
Non-Human Rights
Apr 28, 2014
Visual Anthropology Revisited
Apr 16, 2014
Coffee Cultures
Apr 09, 2014
Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Visual Storytelling
Apr 01, 2014
The Crisis in Crimea with guest Dr. Emily Canning
Mar 25, 2014
Garbology, Space Junk and Digital Dumping
Mar 18, 2014
Altered States, part 2 with Ben Gebo
Mar 07, 2014
Altered States of Consciousness
Feb 25, 2014